2018高二英语期末考试题Ⅰ第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分；满分40分）阅读下列短文，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

AFriends and BuddiesThis program is planned for teenagers who have special needs with the goal of meeting within a community with other peers(同龄人). The purpose of the program is that it will lead to a better understanding of friendships. Gym, Swim, Surprise Guest, and Pizza areincluded. Ages 12-18, numbers of members are limited. Contact: Gloria Bass. This progra m is held 2 Fridays per month. Fees: $65/$85Club Saturday SwimThis program is available to anyone aged 5-14 who is challenged by mental, physical, or emotional trouble. The program will be held each Saturday afternoon, 12:00-12:30 pm or 12:30-1:00 pm. Fees: $136/$260Sibshops (Ages 10-13)Sibshops is a program for siblings(兄弟姊妹) of children with challenges. It includesgroup activities and talk treatment ways with the focus on improving sibling relationships and whole family happiness. Location: Hope Church, Wilton CT. Wednesday: 4:00-5:00 p m.Fees: $50/$65Banana SplitsBanana Splits is an educational support group for children in family trouble. Children age d 9-13 will have the opportunity to meet other children whose parents have separated or divorced, learn to recognize feelings, think of healthy coping skills and have a place toshare their struggles through verbal(语言的), physical, and artistic experiences. Location:Hope Church, Wilton CT. Tuesday:4:30-5:30 pm. Fees: $50/$6536. If you have free time only on Saturday, you can go to ______.A. Friends and BuddiesB. Club Saturday SwimC. Sibshops (Ages 10-13)D. Banana Splits37. Activities on how to lead to a better understanding of friendships are held ______.A. 2 Fridays per monthB.12:00-12:30 or 12:30-1:00, Saturday afternoonC.4:00-5:00 pm, WednesdayD.4:30-5:30 pm, Tuesday38. If you go to Sibshops (Ages 10-13) , you can ______.A. meet with other peersB. solve your mental problemC. improve sibling relationshipsD. think of healthy coping skills36—40 BACBCountry music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States today because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events-love, sadness, good times,and bad times. It tells real-life, stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life be comes more complicated(复杂), it is good to hear music about ordinary people.Country music, sometimes called country-western, comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern UniteStates. The other is traditional cowboy music from the west. The singers usually play guit ars, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. At first city people said country music was low class. It was popular mostly in the South. But during World War II, thou sands of Southerners went to the Northeast and Midwest to work in the factories. They to ok their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps（军营）in the South. They learned country music. Slowly it became popular all over the country.Today country music is also popular everywhere in the United States and Canada—insmall towns and in New York City, among black and white, and among educated anduneducated people. About 1, 200 radio stations broadcast country music twenty-four hours a day. English stars sing it in British English, and people in other countries sing it in the ir own languages. The music that started with cowboys and poor southerners is nowpopular all over the world.41. It can be learned from the passage that country music comes from .A. the Northeast and MidwestB. factories and army camps in the SouthC. the Appalachian Mountains and the WestD. real-life stories in small towns42. Before World War II country music was popular mainly in .A. the southB. the northC. the MidwestD. the Northeast43. During World War II many Southerners went to the Northeast and the Mid-west because .A. they wanted to take music with themB. they wanted to make other people like country musicC. they wanted to work in the factories thereD. they wanted to make country music popular44. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the world today because.A. city people said it was low classB. people could sing it in many different languagesC. it started with cowboys and poor SouthernersD. it is loved by different kinds of people in the world45. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Country music is about human feelings and events.B. Country music is sung by stars all in English.C. Country music is popular among city people today.D. City people didn’t like country music at first.41—45 CACDBCMost dictionaries will tell you a number of things about a language. There are three important things. These three things are spelling, pronunciation and meaning.First, a dictionary will tell you the spelling of a word. If you are not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in an alphabetical order--- a, b, c and so on. For example, on a dictionary page the “poor” comes before “poverty” and the word “poverty” comes before the “power”. The words are always given in alphabetical order. The second thing, a dictionary will tell you the pronunciation. Most dictionaries give phonetic (语音的), or sound alphabet. The phonetic alphabet shows pronunciation. The third thing, a dictionary will tell you the meaning of words. You can look up a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will tell you all of the word’s meanings. For example, in English the common word “get” has over 20 different meanings.41. Many words have_______.A.several meaningsB.one meaningC.few meaningsD.no meaning42. A good dictionary will tell you_____A.more of word’s pronunciationB.more of the word’s meaningsC.more of grammarD.more of the word’s spelling.43. Phonetic alphabets are used to show ________A. handwritingsB. spellingC. meaningsD. pronunciation44. How many important things will most dictionaries tell you?A. FourB. FiveC. ThreeD. Two41-44 ABDCDEverybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry.He got up one morning very late because he had forgotten to wind up his alarm clock. He tried to shave quickly and cut himself when he got blood all over his clean shirt, so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean needed ironing，so he ironed it . While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to read the electricity meter, he showed him where the meter was, said goodbye and found that the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he decided he couldn’t go to work by bus. He telephoned for a taxi to take him to work. The taxi arrived an d Harry got in and began to read the newspaper.In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman with a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman happened to be standing there. He saw the bl ood on Harry’s shirt and took him to the police station. He was kept till 3 o’clock in the afternoon before the policeman was sure that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived at the office at about four, his boss took a look at him and told him to go away and find another job.45. Harry had_____A. a lucky dayB. an unlucky dayC. a busy dayD. a good day46. Why did Harry wear the shirt with blood on it?A.He had only one shirtB.The only other needed ironingC.The iron had burnt a hole on his clean shirt.D.He cut himself and got blood on his shirt.47. Harry was taken to police station because ______A.His taxi stopped outside his office and policeman happened to be there.B.There was blood on his shirt and he was in the taxi.C. A man killed a woman with a knifeD.The killer was seen to run away in the a taxi48. His boss told him to go away and find another job because_____.A.he had been kept by the policeB.there was blood on his shirtC.he was late for workD.he had killed a woman45-48 BCBC第二节：七选五根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。